As the nation pauses to observe the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination on Friday, WCVB-TV Channel 5 has obtained exclusive rights to rebroadcast the original news coverage from WFAA, Dallas’ ABC affiliate station, capturing the motorcade, assassination and aftermath on that fateful day in 1963.

This 50 year-old black-and-white news program will be incorporated in Channel 5’s special 50th anniversary coverage from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The station will provide live coverage of the day’s local events, including a tribute ceremony from the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum in Boston plus coverage of all the activities in Dallas.

All special coverage will be live streamed on WCVB.com and on the WCVB mobile apps.

NewsCenter 5 Anchor Ed Harding will be anchoring and reporting on all of the commemoration activities from Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas starting Thursday at 11:00 p.m. and all day Friday.

WCVB-TV’s special extended NewsCenter 5 coverage begins at noon with the Dallas ceremony - The 50th: Honoring the Memory of President John F. Kennedy.

Author and historian David McCullough, a close personal friend of Kennedy, will speak at the memorial in Dallas.

At approximately 1:30 p.m., coverage will return to Boston to present the private musical tribute from the John F. Kennedy Library. The tribute features Paul Winter, a musician who performed at the White House with his jazz sextet during Kennedy's presidency, along with a U.S. Navy choir and James Taylor. Guests, including Gov. Deval Patrick, will read quotes from Kennedy's speeches.

"President Kennedy’s assassination gripped the nation, and was especially impactful to Bostonians given the Kennedy family's Massachusetts roots and political stature," said Bill Fine, WCVB President and General Manager.

"On the 50th anniversary of his tragic death, WCVB will bring our viewers unparalleled coverage of the day’s ceremonial events as they unfold in Kennedy's hometown, as well as an exclusive look back at the historic 'live' coverage."

Starting at approximately 2:30 p.m, Channel 5 will broadcast 90 minutes of WFAA’s original footage from Nov. 22, 1963 that recorded the vivid images, forever seared into American consciousness, as they happened in Dallas.

This footage includes historic interviews with Abraham Zapruder and others who witnessed the actual assassination.

Captured in black and white on what was then still described as a "relatively new medium," the coverage helped provide Americans across the country a sense of unity and closeness to the tragic situation unlike ever experienced before the advent of television.

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